How much energy would we waste getting it out of earth's orbit? (not to mention money and materials for the rocket) edit: from Nasa.gov: Today, it costs $10,000 to put a pound of payload in Earth orbit. edit: and from wiki it takes 973 gigajoules to launch a rocket to mars that weighs 10000kg. (which is 973 GW/seconds, I think): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_propulsion#Effectiveness To put that into perspective, it would cost $10000 x 22000 lbs = 2.2 billion...

Its not. But claiming that the old phone is most popular because it sold more units over several years compared to a new product, especially when that product is selling outstandingly, is mind-blowingly asinine, which is the original claim to which I'm referring. Edit: upon re-reading I think we are on the same side and I misread your retort to peter236. Mea culpa

I'm not arguing with you. But that chart means squat and does not improve your argument one iota. In fact, it weakens it because its such a transparent rhetorical move. The best part about facts well-known is that you don't have to cite sources!